WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

Perched on a hill right on the Bulgarian-Turkish border this 18-meter-tall Medieval tower called Bukelon has stayed in a permanent state of dereliction since it was abandoned, in the 13th or the 14th centuries.

Legend has it that the the Latin Emperor Baldwin of Flanders, who lost a battle to the Bulgarian King Kaloyan, spent a few days here when he was captured, awaiting his removal to the Bulgarian capital, Tarnovo. Modern Bulgaria does not boast many Medieval towers of this sort, but it does have a few – and they are fascinating to explore as they are almost unknown and generally overlooked.

Where in Bulgaria are you?

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VAGABOND VIDEO

On 4 February 1997 President Petar Stoyanov, who had just taken Bulgaria by storm, finally brought political enemies together to agree on a settlement that would pull the country back from the brink of civil unrest.

Looking back at pictures from the time, he tells us how he took Bulgaria closer to the Western world and firmly on course for membership of the EU. Produced by www.mycentury.tv